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Listen to Episode 64, "A Hazy Shade of Fall/Winter"

Gobbledygeek episode 64, “A Hazy Shade of Fall/Winter,” is available for listening or download right here. Gather ’round, boys and girls! The leaves will soon be falling from the trees; snow can’t be too far off after that. After long, strenuous days of leaf-blowing and snow-shoveling, what better

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Listen to Episode 63, "Mise-en-Scène"

He had made a request for his usual escort, the one from his days on the circuit, to meet him at the pier by way of the green line bus. As always, she was late. Gobbledygeek episode 63, “Mise-en-Scène,” is available for listening or download right here. Have you ever

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Listen to Episode 62, "Get Your Stinking Prequels Off Me, You Damned Dirty Reboots"

Gobbledygeek episode 62, “Get Your Stinking Prequels Off Me, You Damned Dirty Reboots,” right here. Everything old is new again. Hollywood insists that there are no new stories to tell. This week, Paul and AJ wander through the desert of pop culture and discuss the ups and downs (mostly downs)

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Listen to Episode 61, "No Country for the Outlaw Josey Wales"

Look out, Josey!   Gobbledygeek episode 61, “No Country for the Outlaw Josey Wales,” is available for listening or download right here. For the latest Geek Challenge, the boys challenged each other to watch two very different Westerns: Clint Eastwood’s classic 1976 outing The Outlaw Josey Wales for AJ, and

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Listen to Episode 60, "Comic-KHAAAAAN!"

Gobbledygeek episode 60, “Comic-KHAAAAAN!,” is available for listening or download right here. San Diego had its annual expo/trade show/clusterfuck from July 20-24, Comic-Con International, and while the Gobblers weren’t actually on hand, they discuss some of the biggest comics, movies, and TV news to emerge from its

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Listen to Episode 59, "The Good, the Bad, and the Bat-Nipples"

Gobbledygeek episode 59, “The Good, the Bad, and the Bat-Nipples,” is available for listening or download right here. Captain America has arrived to some very positive buzz, but not all superhero adaptations fare so well. Paul and AJ are here with their official list of the 5 Worst Superhero Adaptations…

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Listen to Episode 58, "The C-Word"

Gobbledygeek episode 58, “The C-Word,” is available for listening or download right here. Yes, ladies and gentlemen: the C-Word! We’re talking about canon, of course. (And its dirty little sister, continuity.) These two words, and fan reaction to them, have defined much of fandom. How do you react to

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Listen to Episode 57, "Joffrey Baratheon Must Die"

Gobbledygeek episode 57, “Joffrey Baratheon Must Die,” is available for listening or download right here. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn…the geek who watches Game of

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Listen to Episode 56, "You Can't Go to Riverdale Again"

Gobbledygeek episode 56, “You Can’t Go to Riverdale Again,” is available for listening or download right here. Nostalgia…it’s that bittersweet pang, that intangible sense memory, when you encounter something that makes you want to go home again. It’s also informed many major geek properties these past

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Listen to Episode 55, "#1"

Gobbledygeek episode 55, “#1,” is available for listening or download right here. You may have heard that DC Comics is relaunching/rebooting/re-whatevering its entire line. We certainly have, and rejoined by Nathan, we’re here to discuss all 52 titles, from the Batmen to the WildC.A.T.S.

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Listen to Episode 54, "E3's Company"

Gobbledygeek episode 54, “E3’s Company,” is available for listening or download right here. This week, Nathan joins Paul and AJ to discuss some of the biggest and best things to come out of this year’s E3. Chiefly, there’s Nintendo’s new console, Wii U–its fancypants controller,

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Listen to Episode 53, "Kill Bill & Ted"

Gobbledygeek episode 53, “Kill Bill & Ted,” is available for listening or download right here. Geek Challenge time! Paul has astonishingly never seen the Kill Bill films, so AJ challenges him to watch them; and in return, Paul challenges AJ to watch the Bill & Ted films. Because of course.

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Listen to Gobbledygeek's Lost Episode, "True Swan/Black Grit"

The lost episode of Gobbledygeek, “True Swan/Black Grit,” is available for listening or download right here. Recorded way back on January 8, this was initially conceived as a test episode for the show’s new format. We then thought, “Hey. Because we’re lazy bastards, this might also make

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Listen to Episode 52, "Geeks of Future Past"

Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory," which inspired everyone from Ingmar Bergman to that kid in school who kept trying to get you to do acid with him. Gobbledygeek episode 52, “Geeks of Future Past,” is available for listening or download right here. Let’s say

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Listen to Episode 51, "The Hammer Is His Penis"

Gobbledygeek episode 51, “The Hammer Is His Penis,” is available for listening or download right here. Thor kicks off the summer movie season this weekend, so Paul and AJ get hammered–by, uh, by the movie, of course. Yeah. They discuss the look of Asgard, whether or not the mythology

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Listen to Episode 50, "Dead Smurf Storage"

Gobbledygeek episode 50, “Dead Smurf Storage,” is available for listening or download right here. The summer movie season is right around the corner, so Paul and AJ dive into a plethora of releases from the tentpoles to the (many, apparently) interesting limited releases. Superheroes? Check. Chick flicks? Check. Painfully quirky

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Listen to Episode 49, "Wow"

Gobbledygeek episode 49, “Wow,” is available for listening or download right here. Is your knowledge of World of Warcraft limited to South Park? Boy, have we got a show for you! Like they did last year with Twilight, Paul and AJ turn to a special guest to explain a geek

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Listen to Episode 48, "Ladylike"

Gobbledygeek episode 48, “Ladylike,” is available for listening or download right here. March was National Women’s History Month, so of course Gobbledygeek starts April off with a show about…strong women in fiction! Scheduling is our strong suit. Paul and AJ discuss the notion of feminism–spoiler: they are

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Listen to Episode 47, "The Worlds According To..."

Gobbledygeek episode 47, “The Worlds According To…,” is available for listening or download right here. Ever wanted to get away? Ever wanted to escape into a world different from your own, if only for a moment? Sure you have. Everyone has. In this week’s episode, Paul and AJ ruminate

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Listen to Episode 46, "Tights of Spandex, Flights of Fantasy, Slices of Life"

Gobbledygeek episode 46, “Tights of Spandex, Flights of Fantasy, Slices of Life,” is available for listening or download right here. Endeavoring to enlighten the non-comics-reading portion of their audience, Paul and AJ offer up a sort of Comics 101 class: twenty-seven recommendations for beginners in five different categories. From superhero

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Now You Can Wear Bat-Turkey!

Bat-Turkey is pretty awesome, especially as drawn by Bill Ellis. I think we can all agree on that. Now imagine if you could walk through life regularly wearing Bat-Turkey on your chest. Imagine the looks of awe you would inspire, the fear you would strike in the heart of criminals,

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Listen to Episode 45, "Secret Origins"

Well, after a few frustrating delays, Gobbledygeek episode 45, “Secret Origins,” is finally available for listening or download right here. To celebrate the show’s one-year anniversary, Paul and AJ decide to reach back into the dusty, cobweb-laced corners of their minds to bring us their Secret Origins: their first

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It's Been a Whole Year, Folks

Can you believe it? Today, Gobbledygeek celebrates its one-year anniversary. On March 12, 2010, the show premiered on BlogTalkRadio in its live format–in the afternoon, amazingly enough–with an exceedingly awkward few hours. 44 episodes, one cast reduction, and one radical change in recording format later, I’m proud

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Listen to Episode 44, "$20 Toilet Paper or, 127 James Francos"

AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH Gobbledygeek episode 44, “$20 Toilet Paper or, 127 James Francos” is available for listening or download right here. The bad news: Paul and AJ talk about the Oscars. Again. For the last time. This year. Maybe. The good news: no one talks about Charlie Sheen! Ever! Plus you have

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Listen to Episode 43, "Daytripping with Sweet-Toothed Nocturnal Orcs"

Gobbledygeek episode 43, “Daytripping with Sweet-Toothed Nocturnal Orcs,” is available for listening or download right here. Paul had a very good “geek week,” as he puts it, and so discusses a bunch of the things he consumed in the past week: the TV series Archer and An Idiot Abroad; the